I received a call from my mom just a little bit ago and apparently lighting hit my dad's work shed around 4am and the fire spread to the house. My parents made it out just fine, but the house is pretty much a loss. They won't know until they start going through things. It's the house I grew up in. And they hadn't seen a sign of the four cats yet (including my cat Abu who is really getting up in years around 16-17), or at least my mom hadn't when she left to go to my grandma's house for a bit.
cheerfulchaotic, sister_devora and pedropadrao... I don't know how fast the family grapevine is traveling, but yeah... :-( I said something must have it out for all the old family houses since granny's family house burned a few years back and now this one. It was almost to 100 year mark.
ETA: One cat survived! Cali... she's Abu's sister and my mom said she was a little worse for wear, but made it. Abu and Cookie did not make it. :-( And they hadn't found the other one, Kitty, yet.
The house will be a loss. They are working to save some things now in case the fire starts back up, including my dad's gun safes. She said their clothes should be salvageable after a good wash or two or more as long as the fire doesn't reignite like it did at a relative's house a few years back.
cheerfulchaotic, sister_devora and pedropadrao... I don't know how fast the family grapevine is traveling, but yeah... :-( I said something must have it out for all the old family houses since granny's family house burned a few years back and now this one. It was almost to 100 year mark.ETA: One cat survived! Cali... she's Abu's sister and my mom said she was a little worse for wear, but made it. Abu and Cookie did not make it. :-( And they hadn't found the other one, Kitty, yet.
The house will be a loss. They are working to save some things now in case the fire starts back up, including my dad's gun safes. She said their clothes should be salvageable after a good wash or two or more as long as the fire doesn't reignite like it did at a relative's house a few years back.
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I'm just relieved to hear your parents are okay! And I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the cats are fine, too.
Best wishes
Kaye xxx
You must be worried sick,,,Can you go be with them?
We'll be thinknig of all of you...Sarah
They'll have a place to stay either with my uncle who lives next door or my grandma's who's house they actually own. So that will be good.
I plan to go over there this afternoon. It's about a 45 minute drive for me.
Many many hugs! I'll be keeping you and your family, including the cats) in my thoughts!
I'll be going over there later today.
The same thing happened to my grandparents a few years ago, they were okay but lost everything. My aunt sent a message along to all of the family to dig up photos and make copies. Anything with them and their relatives, children, and grandchildren and asked that they be labeled. She made albums for them.
It helped my grandparents get back some of their memories. Maybe you guys can do something like that.
*hugs* to you guys and my thoughts and prayers are with you.
But they survived, so that's the good thing.
So so sorry :;hugs you tight::
PS: me and the roomie watched the last of the 3 Sherlock eps last night and GRRARGH! At least I read online where they will pick it up for more next year at some point.
I'm happy your parents are ok. It's very sad about the kitties though!